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From there he spies out the prey. His eyes see it afar off.
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Verse 29. Off. The eagle was remarkably ( Calmet.) quick-sighted, ( Worthington.) as well as the serpent. Hor. i. Sat. iii. Homer, Il. xvii.—They say it can discern a fly or a fish from the highest situation; (Bochart) and if its young seem dazzled with the sun-beams, it hurls them down as spurious. Pliny x. 3.
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